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It's Gonna Be Good

by Chieli Minucci

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Undercovers 05:32
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Endless Summer 05:55
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Dreams 05:09
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So Far Away 05:10
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Cool Town 04:20
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Follow You, Follow Me 04:59
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The Gift 05:41
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Baci 05:38
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It's Gonna Be Good 05:08
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It's gonna be good
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Beginnings 02:28
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11.
On The Border - part 1 03:39
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On The Border - part 2 & 3 05:21
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Kama Sutra 11:46
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Kama Sutra (Chieli Minucci, Philip Hamilton) When I look into your eyes I see a reflection of my soul Anticipating what I know Will lighten my heart and start the fire burning Time apart is time alone Wishing you were here All the joy and all the pain All this distance in between

about

It’s been almost 2 years since I recorded “Renaissance”.
I’d like to express gratitude for all that’s happened during this time. I feel fortunate that music is ?the way of expression and communication for me, whether I’m the listener, or the music maker!
It’s always been a great passion, either way.

I’ve named this “It’s Gonna Be Good”. Maybe I’m just an optimistic person at heart, but I believe that all things will turn out right in the end. It’s a reminder that we’re living our dreams, or lives, right now, not waiting for it happen in the future, or longing for it to be the was it was in the past, but enjoying it right now.

When a musician plays an instrument there’s no way to really know how it will affect the listener. But there always is an effect.
Something always happens. A composer composes, a painter paints, a teacher teaches, a dancer dances, a mother mothers, and a father fathers. The magic comes from the doing.

I’ve always been amazed at how people are affected by music
I’ve written. I’ll compose a piece, then move on to the next - for me, it’s just another day, but perhaps you are strongly affected, moved by what is merely a passing thought to my ears. Then, in reverse, it happens to me - I’m deeply moved by your creativity, your ideas; that’s just how it is with music and people. It’s about connecting. Usually it is very fleeting, so we try again and again, all our lives, perhaps. It’s one of life’s biggest motivations! I celebrate this with “It’s Gonna Be Good”.

Enjoy!

credits

released January 1, 1998

Musicians
Chieli Minucci - electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, programming, vocal doodling
Steve Skinner - keyboards, programming
Lionel Cordew - cymbal overdubs
Philip Hamilton - percussion, vocals on “Kama Sutra”
Armsted Christian - vocals
Jerry Brooks - bass
Kirk Lyons - bass on “Cool Town”
Warren Hill - alto sax on “Dreams”
David Mann - soprano sax
Stan Harrison - tenor sax
Regina Carter - violin
Siana “Wild” Minucci, Gianluca Minucci,
Sarah “Madame Spazz” Wickliffe,
Kristen MacGorman, Anita Sinha - background vocals on
“Follow You, Follow Me”

Produced by Chieli Minucci
Co-Producer: Paul Wickliffe
A & R Direction: Steve Barri

Recorded and mixed at Horizon Studios, NJ
4/97-10/97 by Paul Wickliffe
Pre-Production at Baci Studios and Nervous Music, NYC

Edited by Eric Neuser at Siam, NYC
Mastering by Ted Jensen @ Sterling Sound, NYC

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Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci New York, New York

Combining Latin and African rhythms with the light textures of MOR jazz, Special EFX emerged as one of the most prominent world fusion groups of their era. Formed in New York in 1982, Special EFX were essentially a duo comprised of guitarist Chieli Minucci and Hungarian-born drummer/percussionist George Jinda. ... more

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